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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Blake Farenthold is a lying propagandist

As many of my friends know, I continually wage an internal
war between my wish to be thoughtful and civil in my discourse and to be vulgar
and nasty, the latter tactic meant to convey the disrespect toward my target.
Of course, many disagree with the bad-mannered approach, saying that it’s counterproductive.

But is it?

Not long after recently settling in Victoria, Texas, which
is part of the 27th Congressional District, I learned that the representative
was Blake Farenthold. The more I observed his behavior, the more I realized
that he is worse than a conservative Republican — he is a right-wing moron
allied with the treasonous faux president currently illegitimately squatting in
the White House. Like most of the “conservative” politicians today, he or his
taxpayer-paid staff floods his Facebook feed with fascist propaganda and lies.
Yes, lies.

Yesterday, our fubsy, fascist
friend tried to perpetuate another fascist fable, proudly announcing, “I spoke
with Fox News over the weekend about the upcoming investigations into the
Uranium One deal.”

Anyone with any sense knows that Faux News is the radical
right’s propaganda station that has, over the sad past nine months become state
TV for the Putin/Bannon/Koch/Trump presidency. And for any politician to go on
Fox, much less brag about it, only strengthens being complicit in the treason by
this administration. But this case was different. If you watch the clip, Farenthold’s
Jaba-the-Hut performance, he was an extension of the Fox/Trump disinformation
machine. He was pandering and peddling a story so well and thoroughly debunked
by legitimate media outlets that the only thing to call what he did was lying
propaganda.

I couldn’t hold back. It triggered an explosion, with this
posting to his Facebook feed and faxed to his Corpus Christi and Washington
offices. In my view, I called him names I think he deserves. Other posters on
his thread didn’t use my language, but they pushed back, also refuting him.

While it wasn’t the first time I attacked our fubsy fascist
with vulgar invective, this time I got a reaction. One William Hill, who
identified himself as associated with our fubsy fascist’s office, called me out
of the blue. I was caught so surprised and off guard that it wasn’t clear what the
call was about. Even less than 24 hours later, I am not sure if Hill offered me
a meeting with Farenthold. Or an invite to attend some community meetings (with
which I wasn’t familiar).

And why would I want to take that meeting? What could I say
to an elected official who represents everything I stand against? What could I
say to a congressman who is willing to lie to perpetuate his justification for
aiding and abetting a traitorous administration? What should I say to his staff
guy? I know the game. He and his staff will try to “yes” me to death. They will
try to co-opt me.

No, I think I’ll just sit back and see how much harm I can
do to Farenthold politically.